At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

Artificial intelligence technology is starting to drive profound change for the economy, including in business capital and ...

Ars Technica: The Voyager Golden Record is perhaps the best known example of humans attempting to communicate with an alien species, spearheaded by the late Carl Sagan, among others. But what are the ...

Abstract: Graph-theoretical approaches have been widely applied in many disciplines, however, their implementation in power electronics converters and systems is still in the exploring stage. In this ...

Topology has real implications in the world. For example, topological techniques can be brought to bear on calculating the trajectories of spacecraft, and missions have been saved by the efforts of ...

Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

From Fundamental Concepts to Dynamical Mechanisms, by Wolfgang Bietenholz and Uwe-Jens Wiese, Cambridge University Press.

DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...

In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the ...

The interstate system isn’t random. Odd roads run north-south, while even run east-west. But there are a few exceptions and ...

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...